Ready...Set...GO !!! Season 11 Starting Tomorrow on ME-TV - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

CJ · 05-29-2018, 03:35 PM

Ready...Set...GO !!! Get your DVR's programmed.
Tomorrow morning ME-TV begins airing Season 11 and hopefully continuing on through Season 12. DECADES aired a few of the very early Season 11 episodes last summer, but I don't recall the last time S11 & S12 aired in their entirety. TV Land & Hallmark/Odyssey both had runs of them years ago. Thank you to ME-TV for having "My Three Sons" on your schedule for this past year, beginning with the B&W episodes, and please continue through the end of S12. Also, a huge thanks to Dish Network for FINALLY adding ME-TV to your channel line-up. Here comes "Polly" . . .

stevea · 05-29-2018, 08:14 PM

Interesting clip. The first half of season 11 has been shown more often (since it was part of the syndication package many years ago) than the second half, and season 12. The first half of season 11 has been on TV Land, and the second half of season 11, and all of season 12, when shown on TV Land or Nick, were shown along with the B/W episodes (Odyssey/Hallmark showed all the color seasons, 6 thru 12)--seasons 1 thru 5 (B/W), the second half of season 11, and all of season 12 were not officially part of any syndication package. At any rate, it has been at least 15 years, probably more, since either season 11 or 12 have been shown.

Seasons 11 and 12 have probably never been digitized, until now--so we can hope some work has been done to clean them up a little. I hope they've been completely remastered from the original film elements, but that's way too much to hope for!

Hazel Anyday · 05-29-2018, 09:47 PM

I can't wait. I really hope they keep going thru all of Season 12 too then start the series again from the beginning b/w years. Wouldn't it really be nice if they played this show in prime time hours instead of the never ending misery of Hogan's Heroes or MUSH? Also I would love to see restored versions of Season 12 rather than the faded color look of Odyssey's broadcasts eons ago.

stevea · 05-30-2018, 08:05 AM

Well, after seeing season 11 episode 1 just now, I can say they have done some work on at least this episode. I have the same episode sourced from TV Land, and the colors are horrible. In the episode just on MeTV, the colors are vibrant, and way, way better. I doubt they went back to the original film, but they may have found a much better videotape copy. Kudos to MeTV, and CBS TV Distribution.

Bonniegirl · 05-30-2018, 08:11 AM

Neat!!!

I haven't seen the eps. With Polly since I was a little girl and they were first run ! !

And that is a very cool article CJ!

Bonniegirl · 05-30-2018, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Hazel Anyday

I can't wait. I really hope they keep going thru all of Season 12 too then start the series again from the beginning b/w years. Wouldn't it really be nice if they played this show in prime time hours instead of the never ending misery of Hogan's Heroes or MUSH? Also I would love to see restored versions of Season 12 rather than the faded color

look of Odyssey's broadcasts eons ago.

Yes, it would be very cool if My three Sons could replace either Hogan's or Mush in primetime!

MA · 05-30-2018, 08:26 AM

Both of those shows need to go. Mash can be seen elsewhere on TV now.

CJ · 05-30-2018, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

Well, after seeing season 11 episode 1 just now, I can say they have done some work on at least this episode. I have the same episode sourced from TV Land, and the colors are horrible. In the episode just on MeTV, the colors are vibrant, and way, way better. I doubt they went back to the original film, but they may have found a much better videotape copy. Kudos to MeTV, and CBS TV Distribution.

Good news !!! I can't wait to check my copy

CJ · 05-30-2018, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Neat!!!

I haven't seen the eps. With Polly since I was a little girl and they were first run ! !

And that is a very cool article CJ!

I was a teenager during 1st run, and loved this season with Polly & Chip

I found those articles and posted them on the "My Three Sons Fans" Facebook page and thought I would share them here, as well

It is not my page, but a great fan page if anyone has Facebook

Hazel Anyday · 05-30-2018, 09:26 PM

Yep, I was a couple years younger than Ernie, but grew up in the same era, this show, Dennis The Menace & Beaver all remind me of my kidhood and the whole time period.

I was very impressed with the color today on this first S.11 episode. If they keep this up thru the rest of S.11 and then even really amaze us by having this quality for Season 12, I will be one extremely happy camper even if Barbara doesn't wear her make-up in the tent.

I do have one complaint though, I really do not like that ME TV is now broadcasting in Letterbox format for these what should be regular square full screens. On my cable version of ME TV the picture is not just cut off on the top and bottom (I couldn't see the very top of Steve's head today) but it's also boxed in inside the screen, so there's black lines on the sides of the picture, the picture is basically framed by a black box. If you hit zoom a bit more of the top of the picture gets cut off so now there's even less of Steve's head. I liked ME TV's picture much much better a year or 2 ago when they broadcast a full screen picture, this is what they should still be doing, especially since no vintage TV show was ever in widescreen. Doesn't even make sense to b'cast these vintage square screens in little boxed in pictures. Very rotten.

biffbronson · 05-31-2018, 09:24 AM

There are lots of things to enjoy about these episodes. First and foremost, the fashion changes -- and while some are not particularly good, most are hardly horrible or unflattering. I was starting school at that time and recall the teachers' short skirts and odd belts. The teacher I had for 1st and 2nd grade was wearing stick-straight hair like Polly.

It's fun to see Polly's ardent interest in Chip, which elicits his characteristic "Man, Polly!" response. Even in conservative clothes and relatively flat shoes, she could bring on the heat. GO FOR IT CHIP! "Man" indeed!!

stevea · 05-31-2018, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Hazel Anyday

I do have one complaint though, I really do not like that ME TV is now broadcasting in Letterbox format for these what should be regular square full screens. On my cable version of ME TV the picture is not just cut off on the top and bottom (I couldn't see the very top of Steve's head today) but it's also boxed in inside the screen, so there's black lines on the sides of the picture, the picture is basically framed by a black box. If you hit zoom a bit more of the top of the picture gets cut off so now there's even less of Steve's head. I liked ME TV's picture much much better a year or 2 ago when they broadcast a full screen picture, this is what they should still be doing, especially since no vintage TV show was ever in widescreen. Doesn't even make sense to b'cast these vintage square screens in little boxed in pictures. Very rotten.

You're preaching to the choir, with me. On one cable box, I get MeTV with full screen, but squeezed at the sides, so everyone looks narrow, but the heads are chopped off. On my smaller DTA cable box, it's also full screen, but "zoomed in", so the aspect ratio is off. I HATE all these manipulations of pictures that goes on now. Sometimes wide-screen with black bars on the top and bottom, sometimes letterbox, sometimes black bars on the sides only.

I got out a Make Room For Daddy DVD, taken from MeTV several years ago. What a pleasure to see a NORMAL TV picture! Antenna TV locally is still normal standard definition--don't know how much longer that will last...

On today's M3S episode, the chopped off heads effect was REALLY bad. But, boy, that improved color...I'll still take it!

stevea · 05-31-2018, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by biffbronson

There are lots of things to enjoy about these episodes. First and foremost, the fashion changes -- and while some are not particularly good, most are hardly horrible or unflattering. I was starting school at that time and recall the teachers' short skirts and odd belts. The teacher I had for 1st and 2nd grade was wearing stick-straight hair like Polly.

It's fun to see Polly's ardent interest in Chip, which elicits his characteristic "Man, Polly!" response. Even in conservative clothes and relatively flat shoes, she could bring on the heat. GO FOR IT CHIP! "Man" indeed!!

I really like Beverly Garland's mini skirts in this season.

Yeah, Polly puts a move on Chip, and he's "Man, wow, Polly!" I wonder what his phrase was on the honeymoon.

BigManMike · 05-31-2018, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Yes, it would be very cool if My three Sons could replace either Hogan's or Mush in primetime!

I third that. It’s on way too early at such a bad time for me. Those other two have been driven into the ground and hogged the same spots for way too long.

Hazel Anyday · 05-31-2018, 06:38 PM

Bullet Points Follow:

Yeah, I second my opinion to take off MUSH and put on My 3 Sons in Pram Tam.

Fashions in the '70's were much better than the "fashion?" of today. I loved seeing girls in mini-skirts

And girls with long straight hair drove me crazy

. BUT it seems now to be some sort of craze for women/girls (worse big fat older women) to wear these god-awful skin tight tights, like a ballerina would wear, though these gals don't wear a tutu to cover their posterior. In my opinion these skin tight pants these gals wear today show a lot more than any mini skirt ever hoped to show. A mini skirt was very attractive and left a little to the imagination and drool over. But these skin tight atrocities leave NOTHING to the imagination, every line, curve, bulge, lump, blob

is right out there, no imagination necessary, other than to imagine what you're seeing in skin color. And this apparel seems especially popular with 2 ton ladies, ARGHH UGH.

I think these things are in extreme bad taste, almost as bad as these jack-donkeys who wear their pants 1/2 way down their posterior. (I'm trying my best to talk like I'm in "family hour"). Polly had it all, straight hair, short skirts and the right attitude.

05-29-2018, 03:35 PM	#1
CJ Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 12, 2001 Location: Buckeye State Posts: 321	Ready...Set...GO !!! Season 11 Starting Tomorrow on ME-TV Ready...Set...GO !!! Get your DVR's programmed. Tomorrow morning ME-TV begins airing Season 11 and hopefully continuing on through Season 12. DECADES aired a few of the very early Season 11 episodes last summer, but I don't recall the last time S11 & S12 aired in their entirety. TV Land & Hallmark/Odyssey both had runs of them years ago. Thank you to ME-TV for having "My Three Sons" on your schedule for this past year, beginning with the B&W episodes, and please continue through the end of S12. Also, a huge thanks to Dish Network for FINALLY adding ME-TV to your channel line-up. Here comes "Polly" . . . Attached Images

05-29-2018, 09:47 PM	#3
Hazel Anyday Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 12, 2002 Posts: 2,135	DVD Recorder Set Here I can't wait. I really hope they keep going thru all of Season 12 too then start the series again from the beginning b/w years. Wouldn't it really be nice if they played this show in prime time hours instead of the never ending misery of Hogan's Heroes or MUSH? Also I would love to see restored versions of Season 12 rather than the faded color look of Odyssey's broadcasts eons ago.
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05-30-2018, 08:26 AM	#7
MA Member Moderator Forum Idol Join Date: May 20, 2017 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 127,567	Both of those shows need to go. Mash can be seen elsewhere on TV now.
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05-30-2018, 09:26 PM	#10
Hazel Anyday Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 12, 2002 Posts: 2,135	The Way I Sees It Yep, I was a couple years younger than Ernie, but grew up in the same era, this show, Dennis The Menace & Beaver all remind me of my kidhood and the whole time period. I was very impressed with the color today on this first S.11 episode. If they keep this up thru the rest of S.11 and then even really amaze us by having this quality for Season 12, I will be one extremely happy camper even if Barbara doesn't wear her make-up in the tent. I do have one complaint though, I really do not like that ME TV is now broadcasting in Letterbox format for these what should be regular square full screens. On my cable version of ME TV the picture is not just cut off on the top and bottom (I couldn't see the very top of Steve's head today) but it's also boxed in inside the screen, so there's black lines on the sides of the picture, the picture is basically framed by a black box. If you hit zoom a bit more of the top of the picture gets cut off so now there's even less of Steve's head. I liked ME TV's picture much much better a year or 2 ago when they broadcast a full screen picture, this is what they should still be doing, especially since no vintage TV show was ever in widescreen. Doesn't even make sense to b'cast these vintage square screens in little boxed in pictures. Very rotten.

05-31-2018, 06:38 PM	#15
Hazel Anyday Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 12, 2002 Posts: 2,135	And 2 more things To Consider Bullet Points Follow: Yeah, I second my opinion to take off MUSH and put on My 3 Sons in Pram Tam. Fashions in the '70's were much better than the "fashion?" of today. I loved seeing girls in mini-skirts And girls with long straight hair drove me crazy . BUT it seems now to be some sort of craze for women/girls (worse big fat older women) to wear these god-awful skin tight tights, like a ballerina would wear, though these gals don't wear a tutu to cover their posterior. In my opinion these skin tight pants these gals wear today show a lot more than any mini skirt ever hoped to show. A mini skirt was very attractive and left a little to the imagination and drool over. But these skin tight atrocities leave NOTHING to the imagination, every line, curve, bulge, lump, blob is right out there, no imagination necessary, other than to imagine what you're seeing in skin color. And this apparel seems especially popular with 2 ton ladies, ARGHH UGH. I think these things are in extreme bad taste, almost as bad as these jack-donkeys who wear their pants 1/2 way down their posterior. (I'm trying my best to talk like I'm in "family hour"). Polly had it all, straight hair, short skirts and the right attitude.

05-29-2018, 08:14 PM	#2
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,695	Interesting clip. The first half of season 11 has been shown more often (since it was part of the syndication package many years ago) than the second half, and season 12. The first half of season 11 has been on TV Land, and the second half of season 11, and all of season 12, when shown on TV Land or Nick, were shown along with the B/W episodes (Odyssey/Hallmark showed all the color seasons, 6 thru 12)--seasons 1 thru 5 (B/W), the second half of season 11, and all of season 12 were not officially part of any syndication package. At any rate, it has been at least 15 years, probably more, since either season 11 or 12 have been shown. Seasons 11 and 12 have probably never been digitized, until now--so we can hope some work has been done to clean them up a little. I hope they've been completely remastered from the original film elements, but that's way too much to hope for!

05-30-2018, 08:05 AM	#4
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,695	Well, after seeing season 11 episode 1 just now, I can say they have done some work on at least this episode. I have the same episode sourced from TV Land, and the colors are horrible. In the episode just on MeTV, the colors are vibrant, and way, way better. I doubt they went back to the original film, but they may have found a much better videotape copy. Kudos to MeTV, and CBS TV Distribution.

05-30-2018, 08:11 AM	#5
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,775	Neat!!! I haven't seen the eps. With Polly since I was a little girl and they were first run ! ! And that is a very cool article CJ!

05-31-2018, 09:24 AM	#11
biffbronson Sentimental Fool Forum Star Join Date: Aug 22, 2009 Location: Near Notre Dame Posts: 10,502	There are lots of things to enjoy about these episodes. First and foremost, the fashion changes -- and while some are not particularly good, most are hardly horrible or unflattering. I was starting school at that time and recall the teachers' short skirts and odd belts. The teacher I had for 1st and 2nd grade was wearing stick-straight hair like Polly. It's fun to see Polly's ardent interest in Chip, which elicits his characteristic "Man, Polly!" response. Even in conservative clothes and relatively flat shoes, she could bring on the heat. GO FOR IT CHIP! "Man" indeed!!